Bielby v. Bielby

Appellant, Amelia Bielby, filed a bill in the circuit court of Cook county for separate maintenance. Appellee, Joseph E. Bielby, answered the bill and filed a cross-bill seeking annulment of his marriage with appellant on the ground of fraud, and to set aside a conveyance in joint tenancy to appellant and appellee of forty acres of land owned by appellee at the time of the marriage. On a hearing before the chancellor a decree was entered dismissing appellant’s bill for separate maintenance and decreeing that the marriage between appellant and appellee be annulled and that the deeds of…